Supporting information for appraisal and revalidation

Licensed doctors will need to bring a portfolio of supporting information to their appraisal which shows how they are meeting the professional values set out in Medical practice. Appraisers will be interested in what doctors think the supporting information says about their practice and how they plan to develop or modify their practice as a result.

Our guidance tells doctors the six types of supporting information they need to collect and how often they should collect it. Employers will to need to ensure they have clinical governance systems and other types of support in place that can provide doctors with some of the information they need.

All doctors, whatever their route to revalidation, must engage in appraisal and collect their supporting information.

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Additional guidance

The medical royal colleges and faculties have produced guidance to help doctors in all the main specialties (including primary care) to meet our requirements to provide supporting information for appraisal. This guidance can be found on the .